Project SC Butler: Day 69 Sentence Correction (SC2)
For SC butler Questions Click HereRecognized as one of history's most influential scientists, Paul Dirac helped to revolutionize the field of physics; his contributions to the theory of quantum electrodynamics were more valuable
than were almost any other physicists of his time.
A) than were almost any other
B) than were those of almost any other
C) than almost any
D) than almost any other
E) as were those of almost any
OFFICIAL EXPLANATIONaditya590550 SheilyKamra and
CAMANISHPARMAR (poster of awesome PS questions)- welcome!
• The sentence with option A improperly compares the value of Dirac's
contributions to
physicists of his time.• In order to correct the parallelism error, use
those of almost any, so that the sentence properly compares the value of Dirac's contributions to the value of contributions made by other physicists.
• Eliminate A, C, and D
• Idiomatically,
more valuable must be completed by
than, rather than
as, so eliminate E
The correct answer is B
COMMENTSThe parallelism issue is probably the hardest
Recognized as one of history's most influential scientists, Paul Dirac helped to revolutionize the field of physics;
his contributions to the theory of quantum electrodynamics
were more valuable than
were those of almost any
other physicists of his time.
In order to maintain parallelism, we need
• a pronoun/person and pronoun/person
HIS and OF OTHER PHYSICISTS
• a verb and a verb
WERE and WERE
• the object of the verb (noun) and a parallel term (pronoun)
CONTRIBUTIONS and THOSE
There are some really good answers here. People who follow you will be thankful.
Best answers go to
aditya590550 ,
RamSep , and
GKomoku (I am glad that Sir Charles helps!) -- regular kudos
RamSep and
GKomoku I am bumping you both again. I will try doing so in reverse order; this bumping system may be alphabetical.
I almost never bump on SC Butler. I just wanted to recognize you both for your excellent work and effort on both questions.
Honorable mentions go to
KanishkM sonusaini1 and
SheilyKamra -- smiley faces
Nicely done!
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